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In reply to the discussion: Who is your pick for 2016 [View all]Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)30. He's just not presidential material. He doesn't have a chance of ever winning that nomination.
Better to select someone who has a chance.
Google stats on past presidents, and you'll get a picture of the kind of people who win that office. Plus, he's not popular among the general population.
Just because someone is a good flag bearer for a few issues doesn't make him good presidential material. So much else is involved in that.
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Honestly, I wish that wing of the party had a better standard-bearer than kooch.
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2013
#13
And what, specifically, is wrong with him? Ignoring the 25 year long smear campaign, what has he
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2013
#26
He's just not presidential material. He doesn't have a chance of ever winning that nomination.
Honeycombe8
Jun 2013
#30
I don't disagree that Americans are profoundly ignorant and shallow, I was
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2013
#35
Is this supposed to make a point? An answer? He's not good looking? He wants to make a nice paycheck
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2013
#66
You don't think there's difference between doing it while in office and after?
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2013
#74
You mean, aside from the UFOs? Okay, for one I -did- support him early in the '08 primary process
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2013
#65
You think that a known fraud, a notorious and completely transparent con-man that created
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2013
#73
After Clinton/Obama, NO MORE DINOS, DLC, Third Way, Blue Dogs, or "New" Democrats.
blkmusclmachine
Jun 2013
#5
If we can't knock them out of key leadership positions, it's time to form a third party
yurbud
Jun 2013
#7
I would be surprised if it wasn't Hillary, but her campaign seemed to stumble badly last time
yurbud
Jun 2013
#8
Right, cause Senator Citibank is such a great champion of the "little people".
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2013
#28
I would vote for anyone who is the democratic candidate for President, however.
graham4anything
Jun 2013
#12
How many of these polls are we going to have until the actual election season starts?
Beacool
Jun 2013
#68